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By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged Congress to pass "historic legislation" to fight global warming, prompting his fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives to aim for a vote on Friday on the …
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Bloomberg
By Robert Schmidt June 18 (Bloomberg) — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urged lawmakers to accelerate consideration of the administration's proposal to reshape US oversight of Wall Street.
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Washington Post
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Washington Post
By R. Jeffrey Smith The Obama administration objected yesterday to the release of certain Bush-era documents that detail the videotaped interrogations of CIA detainees, arguing to a federal judge that doing so would endanger national security and …
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Charles Subia, 38, a San Jose resident, was hit at the Auzerais Avenue crossing just south of the station around 4:10 pm Friday, Caltrain spokeswoman Christine Dunn said. Dunn said the bicyclist went around the lowered gates after a northbound Altamont …
ABC Online
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on North Korea to free two American journalists on trial for illegally entering the country and committing hostile acts.
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United Press International
Baroness Margaret Thatcher leaves the Cabinet War Rooms after the Royal opening of the William Churchill museum on the 40th anniversary of his death in London on February 10, 2005.
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San Jose Mercury News, USA
San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce President Pat Dando and a handful of other panelists abstained from the votes on Coyote and Almaden valleys amid concerns the panel hadn't done enough to meet with property owners. "There are future councils, …
KHTS Radio
The following is an open letter, sent by Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Voice of America
By Margaret Besheer The UN Security Council has called for the release of all political prisoners in Burma, including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and expressed its concern over her recent trial.
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Christian tourists walk past a billboard with a photo of Pope Benedict XVI in Bethlehem, West Bank, May 10, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI will arrive in the Holy Land tomorrow and will conduct a Papal Mass in Manger Square outside the Church of Nativity on …
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